technically, money goes to a registered charity Open Collective, which takes a 10% cut for admin etc costs (and Stripe takes a cut, too) and gives the rest to us. At least the setup is very easy - noone had time so far to get Sage into NumFocus sponsoring programme, something that takes much more admin.
On Fri, 28 Aug 2020, 18:22 Nils Bruin, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for setting this up! It looks like a very generous move from > GIthub to run the donation collection infrastructure and still give 100% to > the sponsored party. I think people might be more inclined to donate if it > were clearer where the money went. Is it the intention that this money goes > to the Sage Foundation (at least that's a registered charity somewhere, so > it has some fiscal oversight)? > > On Friday, August 28, 2020 at 8:41:16 AM UTC-7, Dima Pasechnik wrote: >> >> Please share widely - one can now sponsor SageMath via GitHub "Sponsor" >> button on https://github.com/sagemath >> (see also https://github.com/sponsors/sagemath for details - and let me >> know whether it should be improved/changed) >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: GitHub <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 3:54 PM >> Subject: You've been approved for GitHub Sponsors >> To: >> >> >> >> [image: GitHub] You've been approved for GitHub Sponsors >> >> Your GitHub Sponsors profile is live >> >> >> 🎉 Now that your profile is complete, it’s time to start sharing! Here >> are some next steps for your sponsorship page: >> Share your sponsorship page >> >> It’s important to let your community know that they can sponsor you >> through GitHub Sponsors. We’ve provided a few examples of how to share your >> sponsorship page—check it out! >> >> Learn more ways to share >> <https://github.com/sponsors/sagemath/dashboard#next-steps> >> >> [image: welcometocat] >> >> >> >> >> >> GitHub, Inc. ・88 Colin P Kelly Jr Street ・San Francisco, CA 94107 >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-support" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/59dd80b8-4be0-40cf-8b4e-87404f1b6aaao%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/59dd80b8-4be0-40cf-8b4e-87404f1b6aaao%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/CAAWYfq0kE5VNZkpa26SOZ%3DZ-1E-XK7tKNu_sV7762jovU9FV7g%40mail.gmail.com.
